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Social Needleworking: Woman Gets Tattoo of 152 Facebook Friends

Always wanted to prove just how popular you are on Facebook? Try wearing your friends on your sleeve. Literally. In this video, a woman has her 152 Facebook friends tattooed on her arm. The whole process takes two weeks and leaves her with a colorful statement of just how friendly she is. YouTube user Suzyj87,

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How the ‘Checkpoint of the Future’ Could Speed You Through Airport Security

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) unveiled its first mockup of a futuristic walkthrough screener that it says could shorten checkpoint lines and provide an even better security apparatus that would reduce the need for the much-hated airport pat down. The Checkpoint of the Future, as the IATA has billed it, will divide the security

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Forever 21 Threatens to Sue Mocking Fashion Blogger

Clothing giant Forever 21 is threatening to sue fashion blogger Rachel Kane of WTForever21.com for “trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition and dilution” of the Forever 21 brand. She has until June 10 to shut down her site. WTForever21 is a no-holds-barred blog bristling with F-bombs and snarky commentary on Forever 21′s fashion missteps. The

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Far-Reaching Faith: Poll Shows 9 out of 10 Americans Believe in God

America’s first colonists were a religious lot. Three-and-a-half centuries later, not much has changed: more than 9 in 10 Americans still say they believe in God, according to a new Gallup poll. (LIST: Top Ten Interesting Facts About the World’s Oldest Bible) American enthusiasm for the divine has hardly waned since the 1940s, when a

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Study: Early Women Explored While Men Stayed at Home

Two million years ago, it was female pre-humans that struck out to find a mate, according to a study of fossil teeth from Africa. Researchers examined 19 chompers that belonged to our extinct antecedents, Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus. The teeth, unearthed in two South African caves, suggest that half of the female inhabitants hailed from afar, while 90% of the

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Study: For Women, Skinnier Figures Can Equal Fatter Paychecks

Ladies, are you feeling bad about those extra five pounds? This might just make you feel worse. (Sorry!) According to a study in the Journal of Applied Psychology, women who are “very thin” earn nearly $22,000 more than their “average weight counterparts.” The study was conducted by Timothy A. Judge from the University of Florida

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Is This Four-Year-Old Artist the Next Picasso?

Mastering abstract expressionism and surrealism is an ambitious project for any aspiring painter. But not for a little 4-year-old Australian girl.  Dubbed the next Picasso, Aelita Andre opened her first art exhibition The Prodigy Of Color at The Agora Gallery in Manhattan on Saturday. New York art lovers flocked to see Andre’s work this past weekend.

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Say It Without Actually Saying It: Anonymous E-Cards Avoid Awkward Confessions

You know those topics too touchy for words? Say it with a nameless e-mail instead. In the course of daily conversation, there are those topics that you just can’t breach with other people. Perhaps you value their love, respect or friendship (which might be compromised with a certain conversation). Their gnarly odor, their obnoxious boyfriend,

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Gaga Scoops Style Icon Prize at CFDA Awards

Lady Gaga steals the limelight at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards in New York, in a bright green wig and huge platform boots. The pop star was there to accept the prize for style icon of the year. (June 7)

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Gaga Scoops Style Icon Prize at CFDA Awards

Lady Gaga steals the limelight at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards in New York, in a bright green wig and huge platform boots. The pop star was there to accept the prize for style icon of the year. (June 7)

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